I hear you. There are two directions I think things are going. The “Google” direction of simplicity is great. Well, on the homepage, but once you get into the search there is content everywhere. And the other way IS content everywhere. . Huntington Post, Washington Times or whatever all pack info in every corner. I read too about CNN’s changes to adapt to the “ADD” world of the next generation who generally scan and click. So the more headlines the better, in that they will scan and click off to where they want to go without being too concerned about the noise factor.

For my part I’m trying to balance things. I have the blog, but I also have other info. I also bring in some feeds and links and such as well. All that stuff takes up space, and different people like different elements while others would like less. It’s tricky, no doubt. I’m certainly aware that I break some design rules here and there, and that’s simply a choice for good or bad and behind the scenes I’m still modifying to this day.

Love this site, but it is getting bloated by visual garbage. I am not going to count visual transitions on this page alone – different fonts, different colors, different frame transitions, very busy background.

Anyways, congratulations on the new look!

Yeah, I’ve added the stories back in. The hard part is filtering them enough to make them relevant and not a bunch of junk. Speaking of which I’ll have a new feature up soon that will let readers submit news stories they thing should be on the site.